Lawrence Makoare
From Tolkien Gateway
New Zealand actor Lawrence Makoare (born 1968) played Lurtz and Gothmog in Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings film trilogy. He was also the stand-in for Brent McIntyre as the Witch-king during the battle scene with Éowyn in The Return of the King.
Quotes
- "My whole body, literally head to toe was covered in prosthetics. The head came in 5 pieces, the body came in all different stages, my arms, and my chest was glued on, my legs, feet, fingers, and hands! Every-single-part of my body was completely covered!"
- ― Lawrence Makoare, theonering.net interview
- "(on losing a limb to Aragorn) "It was really weird, I thought they would use a blue sock or something to cover my arm, so they can use the blue screen effect, but they didn't. We were in the forest just like you see it, I was asking them if they want me to hold my arm behind my back and the WETA digital guys just said 'no it's ok, we'll take care of it later'."
- ― Lawrence Makoare, theonering.net interview
